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I J. A. NEAL.

LUMBER BUGGY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. 19H).

1,324,060. Patented Dec. 9,1919.

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To all whom it may concern: J 1 'Be it known that I, JosnPi-r A. NEAL, a citizen ,of the United States, residing at Crichton, inthe county of Mobile and State of'Alabama, have invented certain, new and useful Improvements in Lumber-Buggies; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled 1n the art to whlch it-appertainsto make and use thesame.

This invention relates to vehicles of the type known in the art as lumber buggies,

and has for its object to provide a lumber buggy havingpivotally attached thereto 1n- Vertible supporting legs adapted in inverted position to serve as standards for holdlng the load intact as the buggy is pushed along the road or drawn from place to place, together with means for securing said legs in a fixed position extending either upwardly above, or downwardly below, the supporting frame for the purposes stated.

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly desorlbed, with reference to the accompanying draw1ngs, wh1ch are to be taken as a part of this specification, and.

then pointed out in the claims at the end of the description. r

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lumber buggy embodying my invention, the supporting legs being indicated in dotted lines and shown in full lines turned up into position to adapt them to serve as standards for holding the load in place on the wheeled frame;

Fig. 2 is a top plan View;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation, and

Fig. 4 is a detail View of a wear-plate adapted to fit over or embrace and prevent the supporting leg from splitting and also to strengthen it and at the same time prevent the nut on the pivot bolt from wearing the leg or standard.

Referring to said drawings, in which the same reference letters are used to denote corresponding parts in different views, theletters A, A, denote longitudinal frame bars which are mounted, preferably about midway of their length, upon wheels B, B, and are connected at opposite ends and about midway thereof, by cross-bars A A and A so as to form a substantially rectangular wheeled frame on which the lumber to be transported may be placed. The free ends Appfieation inea sa a, 1919. Serial No. 307,688. r

creme of the longitudinal bars A have pivotally attached thereto, by ineansof rods C, supporting-legs D, whereby the frame may be supported in properuposition for loading without anything on thesurface thereof to V interfere with placing the lumber thereon; said legs being adapted to be'turned up after loadinghinto the" full. line position shown inFig. 1-, so as to serve as standards forholding the loadnin place as the buggy is being shoved. along; theroad or drawn to the desiredplace for unloading. The support-111g legs I), are each provided with a series of holes (Z, adapted to register with holes through the frame bars A, in either the raised or lowered positions of the legs, to receive a fastening bolt E, either above or below the pivot bolt, by be secured in a fixed position projecting either upwardly or downwardly as desired to serve as a standard or supporting leg. The pivot boltsorrods G, are preferably inserted through holes in wear-plates F, which are formed or provided with end-flanges f adapting them to fit over orembrace the leg or standardso as to strengthen and prevent it from splitting under undue strain and also to prevent the head of the pivot bolt or rod and the nut thereon from wearing the leg or legs.

The utility and advantages of my improvement will be readily understood from the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings. Instead of the trouble and annoyance incident to the use of props or other devices for supporting the ends of the frame while the buggy is being loaded, and which are easily misplaced, the supporting legs are kept on the machine frame, ready to be turned down into position to serve as supports for the frame ends when needed, in which position they will not interfere with the loading of the buggy and may be easily turned up so as not to drag along the floor or ground and interfere with the movement of the buggy from place to place for unloading.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A lumber buggy comprising a frame mounted on wheels arranged about midway of its length, said frame being provided at its free ends with pivotally attached depending supporting legs, said legs being adapted to be turned up into position to serve as which the leg may standards for sustaining the load intact, and means for holding said legs in a fixed position, either raised or depending from'said frame. V

2. A lumber buggy comprising a frame mounted on wheels'arranged about midway of-its length, said frame being provided at each end with a pair of pivotally attached. depending supporting legs, said legs being either raised or lowered position.

3. In combination, a supporting frame mounted on wheels arranged about midway of its length, a pair of supporting legs pivotally attached to said-frame at each end thereof and provided with holes above and below-the pivot bolt registering with holes in said frame, the registering holes either above or below said pivot being adapted to receive a bolt for securing said legs in a fixed 'posltion, elther raised or lowered, so as to serve elther as standards or supporting legs, and a wear-plate through whichthev pivot bolt passes, said" plate having endflanges fitting over the standard so asto strengthen it and prevent it from splitting and also prevent the head of the bolt or nut from wearing the standard. I In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. NEAL.

Witnesses:

HARRY STovER, i WALTER S'rovnR. 

